A marine threat monitoring and defense system and method protects a target vessel in icy or other marine regions. The system uses communications, user interfaces, and data sources to identify marine obstacles ( e.g ., icebergs, ice floes, pack ice, etc.) near a target vessel performing set operations ( e.g ., a stationed structure performing drilling or production operations or a seismic survey vessel performing exploration operations with a planned route). The system monitors positions of these identified marine obstacles over time relative to the target vessel and predicts any potential threats. When a threat is predicted, the system plans deployment of support vessels, beacons, and the like to respond to the threat. For example, the system can direct a support vessel to divert the path or break up ice threatening the target vessel.
MARINE THREAT MONITORING AND DEFENSE SYSTEM
ÜBERWACHUNGS- UND VERTEIDIGUNGSSYSTEM FÜR UNTERWASSERHINDERNISSE
SYSTÈME DE SURVEILLANCE ET DE DÉFENSE CONTRE LES MENACES MARITIMES
2017-07-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
MISSILE DEFENSE - Missile defense threat to North America underscored
Online Contents | 2004